On: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

[jbverschoor]

I currently have no 'unicorn'-ideas. Applying doesn't seem useful at this moment. Is there a list of startups that need help? If so, why did they get funded when the team isn't right yet?

[sama → jbverschoor]

Ideas do not start out as unicorn ideas. They start small and morph into something bigger.

[giarc → jbverschoor]

I wonder if the AirBnB team thought they were a unicorn when they started? Likely not.

[eonw → giarc]

i would think not, considering there were already others operating in the exact same space... they were probably just hoping for at least a small piece of the pie.